Al Puesto Ideal: An Introduction to Career Planning and Preparation
Submitted by Kimberly Kroll
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Unit Timeframe:
Approximately 3 weeks of 50-minute class sessions with an additional week for the final assessment.test test test
Unit Overview:
This unit is an introduction to career planning and preparation with a special emphasis on careers in which knowledge of a foreign language and culture is required or highly useful. Note to teacher: This unit is only an introduction to career planning and preparation. Its purpose is to introduce students to the vocabulary associated with career planning, to introduce basic concepts/strategies of career planning and to allow students to complete a basic self-assessment.
General Unit References and Resources:
Cere, Ronald C., Ph.D. (2000). Career Education Service -- 1996-97/1998-99/1999-2000 Career Handbook. The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese.
Galloway, V., Joba, D & Labarca, A. (1992). ¡Acción! CA: Macmillan/McGraw-Hill.
World Language Department of Independent School District #709 Performance Package Level 2 (High School) of the Minnesota World Language Standard.
Links or files for unit content: A new window will open for each lesson.
Lesson 01: Jobs: What do people do? / Trabajos: ¿Qué se hace la gente?
Lesson 02: Jobs Characteristics/Caracteristicas de los trabajos
Lesson 03: Who am I? What's important to me? Self-Evaluation of Characteristics and Abilities/¿Quién soy? ¿Qué es lo más importante?
Lesson 04: What type of person is needed for X job/Career?
Lesson 05: The Job Search: Steps to finding the perfect job/La Búsqueda: Los pasos al puesto perfecto
Lesson 06: Go Get It! ¡Vaya a conseguirlo! Internet Job Search Activity (Trackstar)
Lesson 07A: Completing a job application/La Solicitud
Lesson 07B: Completing a job application/La Solicitud
Unit Assessment